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SCSL Press Clippings SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE OUTREACH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE Aerial view of houses in Biriwa chiefdom. PRESS CLIPPINGS Enclosed are clippings of local and international press on the Special Court and related issues obtained by the Outreach and Public Affairs Office as at: Wednesday, 29 September 2010 Press clips are produced Monday through Friday. Any omission, comment or suggestion, please contact Martin Royston-Wright Ext 7217 2 Local News Joseph F. Kamara Steps Down as Deputy Prosecutor of Special Court / Sierra Express Media Page 3 International News Very Unlikely That We'll Call Any Live Witnesses But…/ Charlestaylortrial.org Page 4 Boley Ordered Killings, Witness Says / Democrat and Chronicle.com Pages 5-6 Kenya Sends Mixed Signals as ICC Team Arrives / Voice of America Pages 7-8 Ministers Slap ICC Team With New Conditions / The Standard Pages 9-11 Cabinet Backs Down on State Secrets / Daily Nation Pages 12-14 Robinson Concerned by Mladic, Hadzic Still Being at Large / Emg.rs Page 15 3 Sierra Express Media Tuesday, 28 September 2010 Joseph F. Kamara Steps Down as Deputy Prosecutor of Special Court Author: SEM Contributor Prosecutor Brenda Hollis today hailed outgoing Deputy Prosecutor Joseph F. Kamara as a man of “the highest standards and integrity” who has provided exemplary service to the people of Sierra Leone during his tenure at the Special Court. Mr. Kamara leaves the Court to take up his new post as head of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission. His nomination was announced in July by H.E. President Ernest Bai Koroma, and was approved by Parliament earlier this month. “Since his arrival at the Office of the Prosecutor, he has served the people of Sierra Leone in the Court’s quest to bring justice for the horrific crimes committed against innocent men, women and children,” Ms. Hollis said. “He is leaving the Office of the Prosecutor to continue to serve the people of Sierra Leone in his new capacity.” Prosecutor Hollis said Mr. Kamara would be missed. “The Office of the Prosecutor’s loss is the people of Sierra Leone’s gain,” she said. “Throughout his tenure in the Office of the Prosecutor he has demonstrated the highest standards of professionalism and integrity, traits that will ensure his success as Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission.” “Mr. Kamara’s selection for this position is but one example of the Special Court’s legacy of returning talented experts to the service of their country,” she added. Mr. Kamara joined the Court in January of 2004 and was appointed Deputy Prosecutor in August 2008, the first Sierra Leonean to occupy the post. He also served as Acting Prosecutor. by Special Court for Sierra Leone 4 Charlestaylortrial.org (The Hague) Tuesday, 28 September 2010 Liberia: "Very Unlikely That We'll Call Any Live Witnesses But We Can't Rule It Out," Defense Lawyers Say at Status Conference Alpha Sesay At a status conference held on Monday, September 27, 2010, defense lawyers for Charles Taylor told the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague that in their estimation, they will not rule out the possibility of calling any live witnesses, even though they have been clear that they do not have any such live witnesses in waiting. Whether to call new live witnesses or not will depend on the ruling of the judges on outstanding motions that they have already filed, defense lawyers said. Stating the position of the defense team, defense counsel Terry Munyard informed the judges that "the defense position is as it was on previous occasions." "It is very unlikely in our estimation if we'll call any live witnesses, but we can't rule it out until we have the court's decisions on our outstanding motions. But it is very unlikely," Mr. Munyard said. He added, "I am not suggesting that we have anybody [witnesses] in the pipeline." Mr. Munyard also asked that prosecutors be made to disclose details of all payments they have previously made to potential defense witnesses with whom prosecutors had prior contact. Such disclosures relate solely to "potential defense witnesses, who were treated as potential prosecution witnesses before they became defense witnesses," Mr. Munyard said. In her submission, Chief Prosecutor Brenda Hollis said that while her team was willing to make the necessary disclosures as earlier ordered by the judges, she was not sure of the specific names of potential defense witnesses that defense lawyers were talking about because the defense had earlier filed a list of over 250 witnesses as potential defense witnesses, most of whom she said had only been identified by pseudonyms. Mr. Munyard clarified that they already had the names of the specific witnesses for whom disclosures were required. Ms. Hollis further asked the judges to set a definite date for the closure of the defense case, saying that the defense did not have a right to an open-ended date for the closure of their case. "We do ask your honors to set an end date for the close of the defense case. They do not have a right to an open- ended date," Ms. Hollis said. After a brief recess, the judges ordered, as requested by defense lawyers, the new date for a status conference will be set at October 22, 2010, rather than October 12 as earlier planned. Presiding judge of the chamber Justice Julia Sebutinde also told defense lawyers that on the October 22 status conference, the judges expect that defense lawyers will be very clear about the closure of the defense case. "[On October 22], we intend to hear submissions from the parties and a final statement on closure. We really do not hope to hear the kind of statement you [defense] have been making...we really expect a final closure," the presiding judge said. Justice Sebutinde also added that on October 22, the judges expect to "hear submissions on time limits for filing briefs for final arguments and other incidental matters." Court will resume on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 10:00AM. 5 Democrat and Chronicle.com Wednesday, 29 September 2010 http://www.democratandchronicle.com Boley ordered killings, witness says Gary Craig, Staff writer Clarkson resident George Boley, a man who headed a warring political faction in his homeland of Liberia, planned a 1996 assault that ended with a failed attempt on the life of Charles Taylor, according to testimony Tuesday in Boley's deportation trial. Taylor would go on to be president of Liberia and is now facing a war crimes trial in The Hague. Federal immigration officials are seeking to deport Boley, 60, who has lived in recent decades with his family in Clarkson. However, in the 1990s, Boley traveled to and from Liberia, heading a faction during the country's civil war known as the Liberia Peace Council, or the LPC. Immigration officials maintain that Boley and the LPC committed atrocities and human rights violations during the civil war. One of the charges against Boley alleges that he was responsible for six killings in an Oct. 31, 1996, raid on Liberia's executive mansion, where both he and Taylor had offices. Taylor's factions had battled with the LPC earlier during the civil war, before both he and Boley secured positions in the government. In testimony via videoconference from Liberia on Tuesday, Blamo Tuan said that he was one of the leaders in the attack on the mansion. He took his orders from Boley, he said. He and others smuggled weapons into Boley's office in the executive mansion, then on Oct. 31 he and 10 men went and used the weapons in an unsuccessful attempt to kill Taylor, Tuan said. Taylor allies were killed in the firefight, but Taylor successfully hid in his office bathroom, Tuan said. Tuan also alleged that he saw Boley personally execute four men by shooting each one at point-blank range. Boley also gave orders to destroy a village, a rout in which women and children were slain, Tuan testified. Tuan said he served as a bodyguard to Boley, even helping him as recently as 2009 when Boley returned to Liberia to testify before the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or TRC. The TRC was created to try to unearth the truth behind the 200,000-plus deaths that occurred during the 14-year civil war. Boley's attorney, Matthew Kolken, challenged Tuan's credibility, especially after Tuan testified that his mother was slain by LPC fighters in 1996. Why, Kolken challenged, would Tuan stay loyal to Boley after his mother's death? During cross-examination, Tuan also admitted that he had killed children. Tuan also acknowledged that his nickname during the civil war was "General Butt Naked." However, there is a better-known Liberian who used that name during the war who admitted later to thousands of killings, including women and children. 6 Both men occasionally went into war naked, hence, the nickname. Tuesday's hearing at the federal detention facility in Batavia was plagued with technological problems with the videoconferencing from Liberia. As testimony dragged on Tuesday, with long pauses to restore the video link, immigration Judge John Reid asked federal immigration attorney Denise Hochul, "How many witnesses do you have from Liberia, Ms. Hochul?" "More than this one," she said. The government's witness list, in fact, included 31 possible witnesses from Liberia, raising questions about how long the government may need for its case. The trial is expected to break after this week and resume in January. Reid suggested Tuesday that government officials consider releasing Boley with an electronic monitor. Boley has been detained since January.
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